5/28 (BEL): 'Pal' seeks diploma following Met Mile
 

11th (6:20)

1 Mile (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Maiden Special Weight | Purse: $60,000

1 1 El Arquero Alvarado J Benzel Seth 118 L 6-1
2 2 My Pal of Pals Leparoux J R Sciacca Gary 118 L 15-1
3 3 Easy Street Castellano J J Bush Thomas M 118 L 5-1
4 4 Seljuk Napravnik R Brown Bruce R 123 L 6-1
5 5 Windafull Velasquez C Rodriguez Rudy R 123 L 2-1
6 6 Lemon Peel Nakatani C S Levine Bruce N 123 L 8-1
7 7 Julia's Hero Maragh R Galluscio Dominic G 118 FTL 20-1
8 8 Win for the Zipper Castro E Toner James J 118 Blk-Off L 10-1
9 9 Five Freedoms Luzzi M J Badgett William Jr 118 L 30-1
10 10 Jacob's Dream Studart M O'Brien Colum 123 L 20-1
11 11 Mr Cowboy Dominguez R A Bond Harold James 118 L 15-1
12 12 Barnards Galaxy Velazquez J R O'Brien Leo 118 L 12-1
13 MTO Bake Shop Napravnik R Bush Thomas M 118 L 8-1
14 MTO Zivo Castellano J J Brown Chad C 118 L 8-5
15 MTO Downgoesfrazier Prado E S Domino Carl J 118 L 15-1
16 MTO The Kenosha Kid Maragh R Englehart Chris 118 L 9-5

Exacta, Trifecta, Super (.10) Wagers

Best of luck and sure footing!

Spyder

Lezcano now riding Pal.

The way Julien's riding, that's an upgrade!

good luck to MPOP and JoLez (vs. JuLep) - come home safe and sound!!

Good luck to Steve and all the other owners.

LATE SCRATCH! With less than 5 MTP. I'm sure SB will update as soon as possible. Sure hope he's OK.

Always better safe than sorry, but a thoroughly frustrating incident as Lezcano not happy with how Pal warmed up and State gate vet SCR's. Back at barn, Pal jogs 100% fine. Annoying end to an otherwise glorious race day. Will get another crack as soon as similar event comes back. Sorry..

Steve,

I was watching the NYRA feed and they showed Pal a lot during warmups. I had the feeling something was going on when they showed him warming up I thought Lez was going a little harder and longer than normal :confused:

I was actually typing here that I thought Pal was using all his energy and didn't want him using it all in warmups, save some for the race. That explains why Jose went after him on the turn towards the starting gate. Just my observation.

Steve - Anything you can share re: the switch from Leparoux to Lezcano?

Leparoux asked out of mount after the Sands Point. He didn't want to stay around the 2 hours. Was quite happy for Lezcano to ride but ultimately I think he was upset about how things went with Honor/Serve.